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24 August 2001 (USA) moreTagline:
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An insurance investigator and an efficency expert who hate each other are both hypnotized by a crooked hypnotist with a jade scorpion into stealing jewels. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
(7 articles)
DeNiro + Hoffman Snub Allen Film (From WENN. 6 June 2008, 12:21 AM, PDT)
Stars Stay Home; French Box Office Hurt
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 28 November 2001)
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Funny With A Good Cast more (156 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Tormey | ... | Sam | |
| John Schuck | ... | Mize | |
| Woody Allen | ... | CW Briggs | |
| Elizabeth Berkley | ... | Jill | |
| Kaili Vernoff | ... | Rosie | |
| Brian Markinson | ... | Al | |
| Maurice Sonnenberg | ... | Office Worker | |
| John Doumanian | ... | Office Worker | |
| Peter Gerety | ... | Ned | |
| Helen Hunt | ... | Betty Ann Fitzgerald | |
| Kevin Cahoon | ... | Lunch Delivery Man | |
| Philip Levy | ... | Rocky's Waiter (as Phil Levy) | |
| Wallace Shawn | ... | George Bond | |
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Chris Magruder | |
| Vince Giordano | ... | Rainbow Room All Star |
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Im Bann des Jade Skorpions (Germany)Woody Allen Fall Project 2000 (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.Parents Guide:
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103 minLanguage:
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1.37 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #38071) | UK:12A | Iceland:L | Hungary:14 | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:PG | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Italy:T | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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Woody Allen is very secretive with his scripts when he is working. Helen Hunt was allowed to read the entire script when she was offered the part, but she had to read it in one sitting and then give it back to the courier who was waiting to take it back. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: In the opening news room scene set in 1940, Woody Allen asks the sports desk reporter "Who won the 6th race at Aqueduct?" Aqueduct did not come in to existence until 1959. Jamaica Raceway would have been the operating track. moreSoundtrack:
Flatbush Flanagan moreFAQ
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Here's an entertaining crime story set in 1939 with nice atmosphere and colors and the normal Woody Allen wacky humor.
If you enjoy man-versus-woman insult exchanges, you'll love this as Allen and Helen Hunt trade clever barbs back and forth at a rate that reminded of an old Marx Brothers film. Many of the lines are funny with Allen, since it's his film, delivering most of them.
The story goes on a bit too long but overall keeps your interest. The women in here, from Hunt to the office girl (Elizabeth Berkely) to Charlize Theron playing a Veroncia Lake-lookalike are all glamorous.
Dan Akroyd, David Ogden-Stiers, Wallace Shawn and John Schuck are all veteran comedians who know their trade so the movie offers a lot of quality yuks. I'm surprised this movie isn't better known. I really enjoyed it the first time but laughed even more on the second viewing. Silly, but fun.